I have to share my bedroom....?

Question

I have 4 brothers (7,13,14,15) and I have to share my room with the 7yr old!!! the 13yr old and the 14yr old share a room, and but oldest brother has a room to himself!!

Why do i have to share a roomwith him? I'm a 12yr old girl and I think my older brother should share a room with him.

I have to get ready for bed really early so I don't disturb him when he's asleep (cos he has an early bedtime)
I feel really embarassed when I have friends round cos my brother has all these posters up of dinosaurs and reallly babish boy stuff and I have to just go along with it.

I asked my parents if I could change rooms with Jack (15) but they said a 12 yr old doesn't deserve her own room if it means kicking and older sibling out.

How can I change their minds?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Tell them you are embarressed to get dressed infront of him. Tell them you are a developing girl who needs privacy & tell them it is wrong (against the law) for a boy & girl to sleep in the same room.

Answer 2

Well first of all why don't they have enough space for all of you to live in seperate rooms?.. But that's beside the point, what you need to do it tell them that's you're too mature for the specified posters and stuff that your brother has and see if you could move in with someone else more responsible and that doesn't spend much time in his room, really i agree with them that the older sibling deserves a room cause they'll also be moving out soonest, you should just try to wait a little while and try to make the room to where you have a little more privacy and don't gotta worry

Answer 3

I think a girl of your age deserves her own room no matter what. A young lady has privacy needs and since you have no sisters to share with you should get the room to yourself. Girls and boys should stop sharing rooms around the age of 5 (when they notice the differences in their bodies) and not share again until they get married! You need to really talk some good old fashion girl talk with your parents like about how young boys, even as young as 7 will get into your drawers and show their friends all your private clothes, and peek at you when you are getting dressed and all sorts of things that invade your privacy,
Boys all do the same thing, they should share...

Answer 4

You're lucky to just have any room. In some countries there would be 10 people in one room.

How much rent do you pay? Are you eating free meals there too? Who bought the clothes you're wearing? When was the last time you mowed the lawn, washed the dishes, vacuumed the house, pulled some weeds, did a load of your parents laundry including buying the soap, the water, the electricty? Do you think your parents are millionaires?

Want to change their minds....get out of "your room" start earning some money and paying your way, or at least quit complaining..

Answer 5

Okay, reading this kinda made me mad. Just because your brother is 15 doesn't mean he deserves his own room.

And a 12 year old DOES deserve her own room, even if it does mean kicking out an older sibling because if she's the only girl, she can't share a room with a brother. She's growing up. She has to have her own space.

Tell them that you'll take the smallest room if you can just have your own room. That you're not comfortable sharing a room with your younger brother because of all the changes you're going to be going through.

If that doesn't work, find some dirt on your older brother which makes it seem like he doesn't deserve his own room.

If none of those work, throw a tantrum. That always works for me. =] And don't make it just a crying/screaming tantrum. Throw stuff, and if you have to, break stuff. I know it makes it seem like you're spoiled, but you DESERVE your own room if you have to share it and you're the only girl.

Hope it helps!

Answer 6

Well this is an odd situation, over a specific age brothers and sisters are not suppose to share rooms.
But since you are only 12 and he is 7 i think it's OK for now.
In a couple years I would try to make a switch of rooms with your older brother, if it doesn't work out, sleep in the living room until your parents realize you are uncomfortable sharing a room with your brother.

Answer 7

I think you are not right. At 12 you may share you bedroom with the (about) same age brothers. I think from 14-15 y you will get an own room, since you are the only girl in that family.

Answer 8

Tell them you are a girl and you don't feel comfortable changing in front of your brother and sharing a room with him! Since you are the only girl, you should have your own room! the 14 & 15 should share and the 13 & 7 should share and you should get your own! Just be patient and communicate with them in a loving way how you feel!

Answer 9

My kids had exactly the same problem. In the end i got so fed up we ended up putting a curtain rail fitted to the ceiling and then hanging a lovely curtain curtain from the ceiling to the floor so your dividing the room of so you have your own space and privacey is there any way your parents might get this done for you i know its not the same as having your own room but maybe its better than what youve got now.

Answer 10

there are a number of reasons sharing a room is clever. yet i think of that for the period of elementary terms applies to childrens of the comparable gender. i don't think of a female and a boy ought to share a room. Given the toddlers a while, it would be ok for a year or 2 extra, yet previous that No way. I had to share a room with my brother for some year, my mom and dad knew it became time to alter that as quickly as they found out i'd cover interior the closet or pass into the showering room to alter clothing-i think of i became 8 or 9, bro is 3 yrs youthful. They placed me right into a room with my older sister after that, lots to her dismay.

Answer 11

Let you parents know that you are not a boy you are a 12 year old girl that is growing up and is now starting to experience the life signs of puberty and menstruation and needs to have you privacy. Let them know that you understand that your brother is 15 and he needs his privacy, but you are the only girl that has to share a room with 3 other brothers and that is not fair. It's not that you do not deserve your own room you need your own room because you are a girl. Ask them what are they going to do when you get up in age to where you are gong through you life signs and they get grossed out when they start seeing maxi pads in there closet and bathroom they would want you out the room because they do not want to see that they think that is gross. Your parents need to understand that you are growing up and all of you need your space especially you for being the only girl that will have her moments when she do not want to bothered. They will eventually understand their in denial because they are afraid to see you grow up.